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Costa Rican Stabbed in Manhattan Attack Investigated as Possible Hate Crime

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A Costa Rican citizen is among two men stabbed Thursday afternoon in a pair of attacks on Manhattan's Upper West Side that New York...
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Costa Rica Named One of 10 Best Places for Gen Z Travelers Right Now

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Travel + Leisure has named Costa Rica one of ten places it recommends for Generation Z travelers to visit right now, in a list...
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Costa Rica Celebrates 202 Years Since Nicoya Chose to Join the Nation

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Every July 25, Costa Rica marks one of the defining moments in our history. Two hundred and two years ago, a decision taken in...
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Costa Rica Captures Its Most Wanted Fugitive, After a Decade on the Run

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Costa Rican authorities detained Alejandro Arias Monge, the fugitive known as "Diablo," early Friday morning in Sarapiquí, ending a manhunt that had run for...
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Southwest Cancels Las Vegas–Costa Rica Flight Before It Ever Took Off

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Southwest Airlines has cancelled its planned Las Vegas–Costa Rica flight before the route ever operated, dropping what would have been the carrier's longest international...
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Costa Rica Flooding Closes 267 Schools as Sarapiquí Evacuations Climb

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If you live in Sarapiquí, Guápiles, Siquirres or the South Caribbean, today is not going to be a normal Friday. Schools are closed. Route...
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Iberojet Adds Third Weekly Flight Between Madrid and Costa Rica

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Spanish carrier Iberojet will add a third weekly flight between Madrid and San José beginning in late November, expanding one of Costa Rica's few...
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Costa Rica Lawmaker Revives Cable Car Idea for Chirripó Summit

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Costa Rica's highest point is hard to reach, and for the past half-century that difficulty has been the policy. A proposal now circulating in...
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Electric Cars in Costa Rica Face a Higher Sales Tax

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Costa Rica's Finance Ministry has increased the selective consumption tax applied to electric vehicles, a change Finance Minister Rodrigo Chaves announced Wednesday evening and...
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Costa Rica Betting Operation Lands California Man in Federal Prison

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A California man who survived an assassination attempt outside an Escazú café more than a decade ago has been sentenced to federal prison for...
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More Than 2,100 Dead People Found in Costa Rica Social Aid Records

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The Costa Rican institution that channels lottery profits into a fifth of the country's social protection spending did not report a single one of...
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Costa Rica Orders Televisions Removed From Prison Cells

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Costa Rica's Ministry of Justice and Peace has ordered the immediate removal of every television set from cells across the national prison system, the...
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Sarapiquí Flooding Keeps 330 in Shelters as a Yellow Alert Holds

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Four days after floodwaters came through Sarapiquí in the dark, the water has not gone down. More than 330 people are still in shelters....
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Costa Rica’s San Jose Airport Is Getting Its First Hotel

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Costa Rica's San Jose airport is about to gain something no other airport in Central America has: a hotel guests can reach on foot...
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Costa Rican Stabbed in Manhattan Attack Investigated as Possible Hate Crime

A Costa Rican citizen is among two men stabbed Thursday afternoon in a pair of attacks on Manhattan's Upper West Side that New York...
Read more

Costa Rica Named One of 10 Best Places for Gen Z Travelers Right Now

Travel + Leisure has named Costa Rica one of ten places it recommends for Generation Z travelers to visit right now, in a list...
Read more

Costa Rica Celebrates 202 Years Since Nicoya Chose to Join the Nation

Every July 25, Costa Rica marks one of the defining moments in our history. Two hundred and two years ago, a decision taken in...
Read more

Costa Rica Captures Its Most Wanted Fugitive, After a Decade on the Run

Costa Rican authorities detained Alejandro Arias Monge, the fugitive known as "Diablo," early Friday morning in Sarapiquí, ending a manhunt that had run for...
Read more
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